..Drinking alone is height of desperation.… and bell rang….Rarely anybody knocked on these doors, never on my birthday at least.And bell rang agai..., this time with more urgency and this time reluctantly I got up,It was she, she in person, walking in beauty.I was stunned, lost, and speechless. She broke my trance,“Hey what were you doing, took so much time in opening the door,” a beatific smile.And welcoming her I said,"I never thought a wandering dream will knock at these portals, but I never. "Hello" I said awkwardly, "What brings you two here?" Hello son" dad said and embraced me warmly, his wife just looked disdainfully around and sniffed,"It's not very big is it?" she said just as mum came downstairs, it took her a few seconds to recognize him, but when she did, her smile was warm and genuine.I introduced her and dad's wife, but mum's outstretched hand was ignored,"I hope you don't mind us coming" dad said, "It's just that William isn't very good at phoning and we wanted to find. I’ll keep my promises to you.”“But if I were to go with Red, where would I live?”With that, I knew where I stood and that my concerns about how she was thinking were justified. Stephie and I were going to break up. It sucked, but I didn’t see any way around it unless she changed her mind. And I was sure as hell not going to put pressure on her by being an asshole about it.“With us, at the house. The room I have set up for my office is really a bedroom. It has a bathroom with a shower right next. She looked to see if he had been holding a weapon or something similar in the hand that had reached for her, but it was empty and there was nothing on the floor around him.Kat pulled one of her knives and crouched next to him, waving the knife in front of his eyes so he could see it, then placing the tip of the blade under his chin and applying pressure. The needle-sharp tip of the blade punctured the skin under his chin before he gave in to the pressure and lifted his head, meeting her.